The Crude Capital Campaign: "It's Like A Fine Wine"
After 12 Years, The Crude Life continues to promote Energy Independence, Industrial Integrity, Sustainable Solutions and Community Conversations.
Welcome to The Crude Life’s annual Crude Capital Campaign, which is literally how we keep our lights on.
This year we have changed our capital campaign in several areas. One is opening up to Substack and a whole new audience of subscribers, companies and sponsors. Please take a moment and consider your company becoming a paid subscriber, or sponsor. Companies interested can email studio@thecrudelife.com
Perhaps you personally might consider becoming a paid subscriber to support our 12-year-plus mission of Energy Independence, Industrial Integrity, Sustainable Solutions and Community Conversations. Subscriptions are only $5/ month or $50/year.
Here is one of our earliest interviews. Click here for the YouTube Video
Then-9-Time World Arm Wrestling Champion and hot oil truck driver Alan Bown gives a brief description of Bakken crude oil pumped out of the ground 3-days earlier. The oil has not been refined and has not seen the light of day for over a million years.
Bown was finishing up a long stint hauling hot oil and on his way back to his home state of Washington. Bown also appeared live on The Crude Life Content Network telling his story in the Bakken.
For the next three weeks, The Crude Life will be periodically flashing back to content from the past decade as part of our Crude Capital Campaign. We are simply demonstrating our commitment to the industry.
The Crude Life has been one of the leaders in digital diversity, ethical energy and community engagement for over a decade.
In 2023, The Crude Life had another successful year characterized by creating new revenue streams, more distribution partners, an increase in content news partners and strong creative momentum.
Our content is reaching more people than ever, both domestically and internationally. Our goal is to continue to expand the reach and engagement of our content with audiences around the globe.
In 2023 and beyond, we believe we’re well positioned to build on our decade-plus of success. We’re focused on continuing to make investments in our business, particularly in our connecting content, to further strengthen our trust with communities, energy enthusiasts and industry experts while creating value for our sponsors and supporters.
As the global media ecosystem continues to evolve, The Crude Life believes several important industry trends are likely to positively impact industry and our long-term growth opportunities:
• The appeal of live and compelling original content to consumers will continue to increase
• Programmers will continue to spend heavily on content (particularly live) to attract and retain viewers to their various distribution platforms
• International markets will provide opportunities for long-term growth
• Brands will continue to partner with media companies and content owners that deliver reach and fan engagement, particularly to a diverse audience
• Opportunities will increase to monetize content and intellectual property
We Are All Energy And All Energy Has A Purpose
We are accomplishing this growth, outreach and engagement by:
First, producing timely, compelling content that connects with our audience.
Second, our original content is distributed through an eco-system of media platforms including, radio, magazine, newspaper, podcasting, live events and social media engagements.
Third, we continue to extend our boundaries with international and global guests.
Fourth, as a podcast pioneer, our ability to offer current and prospective sponsors and supporters a highly immersive and curated brand activation strategy.
Fifth, The Crude Life continues to create and nurture compelling storylines, communities who care and intellectual property energizing industry.
We believe our decade of discussion of energizing the masses is one of the best reasons to sponsor and support The Crude Life. Our brand continues to be an attractive area of engagement among the youth, people in industry and policy makers looking for civil discourse on complex conversations.
For us in the future, and we are making strides in developing custom campaigns for sponsors that are a differentiator in industry, the marketplace and community.
Continuing Our Journey
It remains an exciting and dynamic time as the media industry continues to evolve.
Looking ahead over the next few years, we believe The Crude Life remains well positioned to engage with significant growth opportunities that we expect will drive industry values, sustainable sponsors and continued compelling content creation.
It takes a world-class team to do what The Crude Life does every day. We would not be the incredible voice for industry for over a decade without the dedication and hard work of our supporters, content creators, sponsors and media partners.
We’re also immensely grateful for the faith placed in us by our readers, listeners, local communities, and overall supporters.
On behalf of everyone Living The Crude Life, thank you for supporting our transformative journey.
Sincerely,
Jason Spiess
Founder
The Crude Life